re: President Barack Obama's dangerous war on knowledge - deuceiswild on 2/14/15 at 1:01 pmIs there a minimum standard to merely apply? What % of students get in on specially designed schollies? How many are connected to politicians and the like?
I don't know the answers to these questions. I'm sincerely asking. Have the standards changed over the last 40 years or so?...

re: President Barack Obama's dangerous war on knowledge - deuceiswild on 2/14/15 at 12:46 pm[quote]Then they bitch about how tough it is to get their kids into an elite college because of all the competition from other well educated kids. [/quote]
Personally I think there's very little competition to get I to the truly elite universities.... Except for the "competition" with affirmative...

re: President Barack Obama's dangerous war on knowledge - deuceiswild on 2/14/15 at 12:43 pm[quote]I think that the falling behind point is overstated. Our top students are just as strong as anybody.[/quote]
Maybe. But surely you must agree that we are turning a lot less "top students" lately. And it's been a trend pretty much since the federal dept of education was created....

Gas prices... - deuceiswild on 1/17/15 at 7:22 amSo yesterday I paid $1.96/gal for the 87 octane, and noticed that the 89 octane was $2.89/gal and the 93 octane was $2.99/gal.
Isn't it usually like ten cents difference? Is this price gap common? First time I notice such a disparity....